Obs. rare–1. [a. OF. cengle:—L. cingulum girdle, f. cing-ĕre to gird.] A girdle.
1491. Caxton, Vitas Patr. (W. de W., 1495), 19. Gyrde with a cengle … He made cengles and coverynges of leves of palme woven after the custome of the countree.
